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August 25, 2025
Our Natural Eternal Consciousness: What Everyone Should Know
I’ve written a short article titled “Our Natural Eternal Consciousness: What Everyone Should Know.” And everyone should know about the theory of a natural eternal consciousness (NEC) and the natural afterlife that it makes possible! The article provides a brief overview of this theory in just four pages. Access and download it by clicking on its title.
If you now believe in nonexistence after death, you definitely need to read this article. Psychologically, your self and soul will never die.
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August 10, 2025
Our Natural Eternal Consciousness: An Unforeseen Dualistic Immortality and Boost for Religion and Humanity
In asserting that psychologically, consciousness is not ended at death but paused, the theory of a natural eternal consciousness reveals a dualistic immortality. Our self and our soul remain timelessly present in the context of our final experience, which could be heavenly. However, as one cannot control the nature of this experience, end-of-life accountability is possible, which should both encourage more people to seek religion and improve human behavior.
Click here to read the article with the above title and abstract on ResearchGate.
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March 5, 2025
MEDIA – A Podcast on “Stories that Empower”
On May 8, 2024, I was privileged to be the guest on the podcast Stories that Empower. My story was about (a) my path toward discovering a natural afterlife and the theory of a natural eternal conaciousness (NEC), which makes the afterlife possible, and (b) the difficulty of publizing my orthodox-shattering discovery as academic journal articles and a book. The moral of my story is: don’t give up when you believe you have a great and worthwhile idea. I also briefly explain the natural afterlife and the NEC theory.
The podcast was released on March 1, 2025 and is only about twenty minutes in length. Click here to hear it..
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January 20, 2025
How to Reduce Suicides and Mass Shootings? Spread the Word About Death’s Psychological Reality
The more people who know about the psychological reality of death, the fewer suicides and mass shootings. Science does not claim consciousness ends at death. Though it materially ends, cognitive science reveals that, psychologically, it is imperceptibly paused. So, nonexistence is not an option. Click here to read an article on ResearchGate that I wrote with the purpose of helping to urgently “spread the word.”
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January 8, 2025
The Natural Afterlife Gaining Recognition
I recently found that when I Googled “theories about the afterlife,” five theories were listed. The first three were:
Reincarnation
The idea that a person is reborn into a new life after death. In some religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, reincarnation is based on the belief that a person’s soul is eternal and that their karma determines their status in the afterlife.
Immortality
The idea that the soul is immortal and survives physical death. Socrates believed that the soul survives death and returns as a new life. [My note: This theory covers the Heaven of Western religions.]
The natural afterlife
The idea that the final moments of a near-death experience become timeless and everlasting after death.
This recognition is great news because as knowledge of the natural afterlife becomes more widespread, the better the world will be. Here are some fantastic aspects of the more general theory of a natural eternal consciousness (NEC), or NEC theory, which makes possible the natural afterlife:
It will drive more people to religion. Why? It crushes a belief in nonexistence after death and raises the potential for accountability.It reveals a science-based heaven of utmost happiness for which people can hope and strive.However, it does not conflict with one’s belief in a supernatural, perhaps faith-based afterlife. If such arises at or sometime after death, it will replace the natural afterlife.It will help people treat each other better.It will reduce tragic suicides and mass shootings (see https://bryonehlmann.com/how-to-reduce-suicides-and-mass…/ ).References (four articles and the Prologue to an all-encompassing book)
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New Version of Book
I have recently made a few revisions to the Prologue of my book and published a new version, identified as v 241220 on its Copyright page. After two years of improvements, I expect this version to be the last.
In the Prologue, I wanted to emphasize two significant aspects of the NEC theory and the natural afterlife it makes possible. First, the theory does not conflict with anyone’s belief in a supernatural, perhaps faith-based afterlife. If such an afterlife arises at death, it would override the imperceptible pause in one’s final experience. Second, the theory will drive more people to religion. Why? It crushes one’s belief in nonexistence after death and raises the potential for accountability.
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November 6, 2024
MEDIA – Presentation at the 2024 IANDS Conference
I was privileged to give both a poster and a one-hour presentation entitled Death’s Newfound Reality: Transforming Humankind for a Better World at the 2024 International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS) Conference. The conference was held in Phoenix, AZ, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, and was attended by about 800 people. The presentation was based on my book A Natural Afterlife Discovered: The Newfound, Psychological Reality That Awaits Us at Death. The PowerPoint presentation can be accessed by clicking on its title. Click on poster to access it. One way the NEC theory, “Death’s Newfound Reality,” will make for a better world is that tragic suicides and mass murders will be greatly reduced as knowledge of it becomes more widespread.
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April 28, 2024
How to Reduce Suicides and Mass Shootings ASAP? Make Death’s Newfound Reality Go Viral (Revised)
Reducing tragic suicides and mass shootings is a significant benefit of a newly found reality about death. However, it will only accrue as knowledge of this reality becomes more widespread. So, the purpose of this article is to urgently help “get the word out.”
Here, I first briefly explain the newfound reality. Then, I elaborate on the related benefit by quoting text from the final chapter of my book, A Natural Afterlife Discovered: The Newfound, Psychological Reality That Awaits Us at Death. The book thoroughly explains this surprising, orthodox-shattering, scientifically based reality. It also tells how its discovery evolved, gives the evidence that supports it, and discusses its potential impact on religion and philosophy.
A hint of this reality can be gained by considering a common human experience, dreaming. When do you know a dream is over? Answer: only when you wake up. But suppose you never do. How will you ever know the dream is over? Answer: you never will.
The reality is expressed by the theory of a natural eternal consciousness (NEC), or NEC theory. It states that with death—unless we experience some supernatural afterlife—we are eternally and imperceptibly paused in the last conscious moment of our final experience—be it an awake one, a dream, or a near-death experience (NDE). From a material perspective, the experience will be over, but from a psychological one, i.e., from your perspective, it will not. You’ll never know your final experience is over. More so, you’ll forever be anticipating that it will continue. You’ll retain your sense of self, time, and place. Thus, a before-birth kind of nonexistence is impossible.
Now, suppose you’re having an NDE wherein you believe you’re in heaven, like many NDE survivors have reported. However, if you don’t survive, you will always believe you’re in heaven. Just as you’re not aware of the moment you fall asleep or pass out (for example, with general anesthesia), you will not be aware of the moment of death. So, no conscious moment occurs that can destroy your self-awareness of the experience, resultant emotions, and expectation of more heavenly moments. Your NDE has become your timeless natural afterlife , and it can be a heaven of ultimate happiness.
If you find the NEC theory hard to believe and want to investigate further, you’ll need to read the book. However, in the interest of “spreading the word” ASAP, I give this excerpt from Chapter 12, “Appreciating the Theory,” pages 196 to 198, along with the related references:
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The NEC is beneficial not only to the individual but also to society. I believe it’s good for society when one’s final fate at death—now, by default, the content of one’s NEC—remains a mystery. It may stop some from committing crimes and acts of violence. Hopefully, it may cause individuals planning to shoot up a classroom or other venue to pause and ponder what final conscious moment and karmic NEC could result from such action. One can no longer take comfort in believing, “Oh well, whatever I do in life doesn’t matter in the end because when I die, I’ll just cease to exist.” I believe that today too many have come to such belief by the misguided notion that it is scientifically supported when it is not.
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Prevention of Suicide and Mass Shootings. To close this last chapter, I emphasize two other significant individual and societal benefits of the NEC theory. First, the general knowledge and acceptance of the NEC, even its mere possibility, can result in fewer tragic suicides. The NEC theory gives much more meaning to Hamlet’s soliloquy. Because now, those contemplating suicide might, like Hamlet, pause to think, “aye,” but “in that sleep of death, what dreams may come.” (See Chapter 1 epigraph.)
Studies have shown that fear of death, especially in the non-religious, is associated with less tendency toward suicide. According to an article by Courtney Beard (2023), a psychology professor at Harvard Medical School, “in the scientific literature … less fear of death has been shown to predict suicidal behavior.” Also, a recent study of 155 adults by Beard and others found, “In line with current theories of suicide, higher fear of death predicted lower suicidal ideation, but only in non-religious patients.”
Given the NEC, suicide can no longer be fearlessly viewed as simply the means to escape from life into “nothingness” and rid oneself of self. When someone is in a distressed state of mind where such escape and riddance seem attractive to them, they will now realize that with suicide, they will never die from their perspective. In fact, they may be paused forever in the execution of their death or perhaps in some other experience even worse. I believe the NEC theory will likely cause many to reject suicide, thus sparing those who love them from much grief. Then, they will hopefully get the help they desperately need and go on to live a happy and meaningful life. And I hasten to add that a distraught suicide victim can still end life paused in a heavenly dream or NDE and thus a glorious natural afterlife.
Not only might the NEC theory result in fewer suicides, but also, as alluded to before, fewer mass shootings. Studies have shown that mass shooters have been overwhelmingly suicidal (Dunn 2019; Koerth 2022). As previously mentioned, even if not suicidal, potential mass shooters may question what final moment, and NEC, would be in store for them if they were killed in carrying out their horrific plan.
The beneficial impact of the NEC theory in preventing suicides and mass shootings will only accrue as more and more people become aware of it. To this end, I hope Shakespeare’s Hamlet continues to be commonly studied in high schools with new emphasis. (I distinctly remember having to memorize and recite Hamlet’s soliloquy, I think, in my first or second year.) The new emphasis would be that, indeed, “in that sleep of death, … dreams may come” (possibly, even nightmares and hellish NDEs).
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Beard, C. (2023, April 6). Religious identity may impact suicide risk – Religion, fear of death, and suicide: Untangling a complicated relationship. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/from-lab-to-real-world/202304/religious-identity-may-impact-suicide-risk
Dunn, L. (2019, August 11). How suicide prevention can help stop mass killers before they start shooting. NBC NEWS. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/how-suicide-prevention-may-help-stop-mass-killers-they-start-n1040836
Koerth, M. (2022, June 6). Suicide prevention could prevent mass shootings. FiveThirtyEight: abc NEWS. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/suicide-prevention-could-prevent-mass-shootings/
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February 27, 2024
MEDIA – An Appearance on “The Douglas Coleman Show”
On February 22, 2024, I was privileged to be a guest on The Douglas Coleman Show. The episode is titled “The Douglas Coleman Show VE With Special Guest Bryon Ehlmann – Unlocking the Secrets of Existence Beyond Death: A Paradigm-Shifting Revelation by Bryon Ehlmann.”
It was hard to present all aspects of the NEC theory in just fifteen minutes, but I think I managed to cover most. I wish I had had more time to discuss the positive impact the theory will have on humankind once it becomes well-known. Click here to view the show.
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February 19, 2024
MEDIA – An Article and Author Interview in Enspire Intertainment’s “Enspire LA: Pop Eye”
The article “Unlocking the Secrets of Existence Beyond Death: Interview with Bryon Ehlmann” by Carin Chea was published on Feb. 16, 2024, in Enspire LA: Pop Eye. In the article, I answer a set of questions from the online magazine about me and my book. I’m asked two related personal questions I haven’t been asked before in my other interviews. Click here to read the article.
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